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The Hotkey Features patch enables you to fix an issue of an unexpected application error that relates to the Hotkey features.After applying this patch, one program file, HKVOLKEY.DLL will be copied in C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Hotkey.Then the TPOSDSVC.EXE will work without termination by application crashing.

The Hotkey features patch is copying a file HKVOLKEY.DLL to a ThinkPad that DLL files has been erased accidentally. Otherwise there is no need to apply it.

Manual Install

This section assumes to use Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.

[Downloading file]

Click once on the underlined file name. Once this is done, some pop-up windows will appear.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

In the window to choose Run or Save, click the Save button.

Choose the folder you would like to download the file to and click the Save button. A different window will appear and the download will begin and complete. Once the download has completed, there may or may not be a message stating that the download completed successfully.

[Extracting file]

Make sure to be logged on with administrative privileges.

Locate the directory where the file was downloaded.

Locate the file that was downloaded and double-click it.

Follow the instructions on the screen.

In the "Select Destination Location" window, click Next. If you would like to select a different folder, click Browse.

In the "Ready to Install" window, click Install. All the necessary files will be extracted to the folder selected in the step 9.

[Installing files]

Make sure the checkbox next to "Install ..... now" is checked and click Finish.

Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation and restart the computer.

Finally delete the file saved in Step 4.

Verifying the patch installed

Once the Hotkey features patch is applied, you will find the "MARKER.DLL" file in the C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Hotkey directory.

The MARKER.DLL is able to be overwritten, you can run the patch more than once.